The Road to Coronation Street
2010 British television drama / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Road to Coronation Street is a 2010 British drama first broadcast on BBC Four. It is a dramatisation of the creation of Coronation Street, the UK's longest-running television soap opera, from conception to its first transmission in December 1960. Set mainly at Granada Studios, Manchester in 1960, the 75-minute-long programme follows the true story of Tony Warren, a struggling scriptwriter who creates a vision of a television programme depicting normal life in a Salford street of terraced houses. The production first aired in October 2010, and was one of several programmes celebrating the 50th anniversary of Coronation Street that year.
The Road to Coronation Street | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Daran Little |
Directed by | Charles Sturridge |
Music by | Adrian Johnston |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 1 |
Production | |
Producer | Rebecca Hodgson |
Production locations | Manchester, England |
Running time | 75 minutes |
Production company | ITV Studios |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Four, BBC HD |
Release | 16 September 2010 (2010-09-16) |
Related | |
Coronation Street |